This article cuts through the fluff and gets to the point about what to do to create a home based business that actually works. Avoid the mistakes others make that lead to failure. Instead take the steps that are proven to work.

If you can grow your business, should you? Personal freedom sometimes means keeping your business small and highly profitable with less financial risk.

Unless companies adopt an holistic approach to security that focuses on building and fostering a culture of honesty and integrity, GAP's will appear in their defenses and in their ability to perform their mission; selling their products and services. Once GAP's are exposed, they can be exploited for the personal gain of the individual(s) exposing them.

Not every courier service provider or trucking company is on the up and up. Being aware of shady shipping practices perpetuated by some couriers can help your company avoid calamity later on.

In this article you will learn some quick tips of how to design your site to ensure that it is the best it can be. To find out more read on

There are pro's and con's and proper etiquette to sending out Christmas cards. Perhaps this article will help give you some suggestions.

So many business leaders and MBA professors say that cutting prices actually hurts profits and it hurts the industry and no one wins. This may be well documented in industries where price competition was not applied correctly or one company started dumping into the market in order to increase market share, but if a company is truly on the ball and has their systems, supply chains,

A humorous look at the perils of scheduling.

Bomb! is a humorous article on what not to do when you are faced with giving an important presentation, speech or talk before an audience.

We may not be aware of it but the simplest of materials we use for covering our food has been around for centuries.

In this piece, Roger outlines a radical definition of Compassion - a way of thinking and acting that he and his clients use to get results they didn't think possible. He offers you practical steps to apply this concept and to get powerful new results in your work and life.

What is a marketing strategy and why do small businesses need them? This article covers the basics of small business marketing plans and strategies.

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If you want to create a miracle and win people over with influence then start praising them for who they are -- what they do -- and what they have.

Recently the Federal Trade Commission put forth a franchise report for possible rule making. In the report is offers possible law changes, which will screw over small business.